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03128aam a2200397 i 4500 001 2BF76EFEE5A311E9B7B99A5997128E48 003 SILO 005 20191003010029 008 190123s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018061321 020 $a 023119272X 020 $a 9780231192729 035 $a (OCoLC)1083703599 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BF445 $b .H365 2019 082 00 $a 121/.4 $2 23 100 1 $a Hannan, Michael T. $e author. 245 10 $a Concepts and categories : $b foundations for sociological and cultural analysis / $c Michael T. Hannan [and seven others]. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xiv, 314 pages ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a The middle range 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a Why do people like books, music, or movies that adhere consistently to genre conventions? Why is it hard for politicians to take positions that cross ideological boundaries? Why do we have dramatically different expectations of companies that are categorized as social media platforms as opposed to news media sites? The answers to these questions require an understanding of how people use basic concepts in their everyday lives to give meaning to objects, other people, and social situations and actions. In this book, a team of sociologists presents a groundbreaking model of concepts and categorization that can guide sociological and cultural analysis of a wide variety of social situations. Drawing on research in various fields, including cognitive science, computational linguistics, and psychology, the book develops an innovative view of concepts. It argues that concepts have meanings that are probabilistic rather than sharp, occupying fuzzy, overlapping positions in a "conceptual space." Measurements of distances in this space reveal our mental representations of categories. Using this model, important yet commonplace phenomena such as our routine buying decisions can be quantified in terms of the cognitive distance between concepts. Concepts and Categories provides an essential set of formal theoretical tools and illustrates their application using an eclectic set of methodologies, from micro-level controlled experiments to macro-level language processing. It illuminates how explicit attention to concepts and categories can give us a new understanding of everyday situations and interactions. 650 0 $a Categorization (Psychology) 650 0 $a Concepts. 650 0 $a Social psychology. 650 7 $a Categorization (Psychology) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00849006 650 7 $a Concepts. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00872969 650 7 $a Social psychology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122816 776 08 $i Online version: $a Hannan, Michael T., author. $t Concepts and categories $d New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] $z 9780231549936 $w (DLC) 2019003474 830 0 $a Middle range 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191003012118.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2BF76EFEE5A311E9B7B99A5997128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search